Workshop Applications

2018 Workshop

Eastern Workshop
Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter
Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and Boston University
June 25-29, 2018, in Boston
Workshop Faculty: Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc BA(Hons), Cert MRCSLT, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children
Conference Coordinator: Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, Boston University
Deadline for application to be received was March 31, 2018 — Applications closed

Mid-Atlantic Workshop
Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter
Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Maryland, College Park
Workshop Faculty: Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland; and Michael Boyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Montclair State University
July 23-27, 2018, in Philadelphia
Deadline for application to be received was March 31, 2018 — Applications closed

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Past Workshops

First Workshop for University Faculty

Western Workshop Moves to Forest Grove

Eastern Workshop Draws Clinicians Worldwide

Clinicians Travel from Around the Globe for Eastern Workshop

Workshoppers Share the Love in Philly

Renowned Experts Lead 2-Day Conference

Eastern Workshop Goes International

Western Workshop Lassos Success

14th Boston Workshop Earns A+

Mid-Atlantic Workshop Builds Confidence

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Western Workshop Goes International

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Eastern Workshop Gets Top Marks

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Cognitive Approaches Change Lives

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In-depth Focus in Philly

The Eastern Workshop: Diagnosis and Treatment of Preschool and School-Age Children Who Stutter in Boston

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Participants in the Eastern Workshop, which took place June 10-14 at Boston University.

The Midwestern Workshop: Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Who Stutter at the University of Iowa

A picture from the Midwestern Workshop at the University of Iowa.

The Western Workshop: Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Who Stutter in Portland

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Participants of the Western Workshop gather for a group photo in Portland.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.